Chapter 68
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It was just when the sky was just dawning, a few bells came, and the people of Cihang Dao hurriedly spread that Dai had finished washing, and ran to a valley with the flow of people, although it was cold, but everyone seemed to ignore it, with a solemn look, sitting cross-legged on the ground in a neat and orderly manner, as if many people were still muttering something in their mouths, anyway, they couldn't understand that year and Cihang Dao people, but they also pretended to sit down.
After waiting for a while, I finally saw the red sun rising in the east, and I heard a person shouting, "The Buddha has arrived." ”
Suddenly the colorful glow was all over the place, and I saw that everyone immediately stood up, stood respectfully with their own position, bowed their heads, and the Buddha appeared with six golden bodies, and the Dharma was solemn, sitting cross-legged on a lotus throne, and instructed: "What cause is planted, what fruit is obtained; As you sow, so shall you reap. The law of karma is something that even I can't change.
Also, the retribution of cause and effect is not to sow one and reap one, or sow ten to reap ten, but to plant like a farmer's cultivation, sowing a bucket of seeds in the spring and harvesting a hundred buckets of grain in the autumn, and the reward of cause and effect is like this.
In order for karma to ripen, it also needs to rely on the power of karma, just as a seed must be matured with the help of sunlight, wind and rain, soil, seasons, etc., before it can sprout, blossom, and bear fruit.
Obedience to bad habits is like when the rice matures, the grain is planted, and new rice is regenerated, and so on the cycle is implicated, and the fate is overlapping, and the bitter fruits of the future will be bred from these evils, which will surely be a thousand times more serious than the consequences of one bucket of seeds giving birth to a hundred buckets of millet. The bitter retribution that arises from this cannot be explained by analogy and calculation.
If we turn our hearts to good and sincerely change our ways, although we have planted the seeds of evil, but after doing good deeds, the seeds of evil will lack the karmic conditions to ripen, and as long as we cannot make the evil results ripen, we will not receive bad retribution, or the evil retribution will become lighter. Actually, it's the same thing about the karma of goodness and the ripening of other worldly karma.
In fact, as many kinds of evil deeds as there are people in the world, there are as many kinds of evil retribution as there are in hell, and the speed of retribution only depends on whether the conditions are ripe, and all kinds of evil retribution in hell will completely increase or decrease with the evil thoughts and evil deeds of people in the world, so as to repay the number of sins created.
The good and evil in the world are often cyclical, and the people of the world are blessed by doing good, and after they are blessed, they often create new evils, and evil deeds invite disasters, and so on and so on, and they will never end. Therefore, if we don't want to be liberated from this cycle of birth and death, then we will continue to be reincarnated like this forever, and we have to persuade the men and women of the world to develop the compassionate wisdom of Bodhi enlightenment, to strengthen their faith, to follow the right path of the Dharma, and to benefit themselves and others, then such people will definitely attain supreme enlightenment. ”
Then everyone took refuge with their palms together and said, "I will definitely become a Buddha." ”
Then the Buddha then said, "If there is a good man and a good woman in the world, who can constantly stop their delusions between walking, living, sitting and lying down, and develop Bodhi compassion to persuade sentient beings who are related to him, so that everyone knows that they repent, learn the Dharma, have equal hearts and minds, and reach out to all sentient beings, then this person will surely achieve all kinds of wisdom."
At this time, the crowd took refuge with their palms together and said, "You will definitely become a Buddha." ”
After the Buddha's teachings were completed, he suddenly appeared into a smiling compassionate dharma appearance, which turned out to be a chubby middle-aged man with a small flat head, of course, asking everyone if there is anything they don't understand about the Buddhist scriptures, you can ask him questions, ask for answers.
Everyone naturally and orderly raised all kinds of questions, and the Buddha also explained with a smile, and sometimes he could make two jokes, which made everyone laugh, as if a group of people were sitting there chatting. I was still a little nervous that year, but I also felt relaxed at this time, so I stood up and said loudly: "Report to the Buddha, I have a question to ask in the new year." ”
I heard the Buddha say: "Since you have come, it is fate, if you have any questions, just ask." ”
That year, he went straight to the Buddha, and saw that many people were grinning at him and making strange appearances, as if asking him not to ask questions, but he didn't buy it that year, and he also learned from everyone's appearance, respectfully circled around the Buddha's lotus throne three times, and then prostrate on the ground, and asked: "May I ask the master Shakyamuni Buddha: Nanyan Futi, all sentient beings, the end of the Dharma is coming, many births are not good, the Three Jewels are not respected, parents are not valued, there are no three outlines, and the five Lun are chaotic. Poverty is lowly, and six roots are insufficient. Killing all day long, rich and poor, and unequal. What is the retribution? I hope that the world is merciful, and I am willing to explain them to my disciples one by one!"
The Buddha smiled and said, "Good! Wonderful! Thou shalt hear the truth, and I shall speak clearly for thee. All worlds, men, women, young and old, rich and poor, suffering endlessly, and enjoying endless blessings are all the retribution of cause and effect in previous lives. Why? First of all, we must honor our parents, respect the Three Jewels, and secondarily abstain from killing and releasing life, recite the Buddha and give alms, so that we can plant blessings for future generations. ”
Then he said as if he was talking to himself: "Wealth and wealth are all determined by fate, each cultivation cause in the previous life, and those who are held by someone will be blessed in the world." If you want to know the cause of the past life, the recipient of this life is, and if you want to know the effect of the future life, the author of this life is. Good men and women listen sincerely, listen to and recite the three world cause and effect scriptures. The cause and effect of the three worlds are not trivial, and the true words of the Buddha are not light. Why is he an official in this life, and he is a Buddha in his previous life. In the past life, the cultivation came to the present life, and the purple robe and jade led the Buddha to ask for it. The gold Buddha pretends to cover itself, and covers itself as it comes. Don't say that it's easy to be an official, where did you come from if you didn't cultivate in your previous life. Why do you ride a horse and sit in a sedan chair, and build bridges and make up for passers-by in previous lives. Why do you wear silk and satin, in your previous life, you gave clothes to the poor. There is food and clothing, why is there tea and rice in the previous life. Why is there no food and no clothing, and I was reluctant to give up half a penny in my previous life. Why are the high-rise buildings because of the pavilions built in the previous life. What is the reason for the abundance of blessings, the gate of Shimi Temple in the previous life. What is the reason for the strict appearance, before the flowers and fruits offered to the Buddha in the previous life. What is the reason for wisdom and wisdom, chanting sutras and reciting Buddhas in previous lives. Why is the reason for the good wife**, in the previous life, the Buddhists were more connected. Husband and wife keep the reason for a long time, in the previous life before the banner to the Buddha. The reason why both parents are complete, in the previous life, they respected lonely people. There is no father and no mother, why is it that in his previous life, he was a bird hunter. Why do you have many children and grandchildren, and in the previous life, you opened the cage and released the bird. Raising a son is not a cause, and the previous life was due to drowning the baby. There is no child in this life, and the reason is that in the previous life, the nest was filled with holes. What is the reason for longevity in this life, buying things and releasing living beings in the previous life. Why is this life short, slaughtering all lives in the previous life. Why do you have no wife in this life, because you stole and raped a wife in your previous life. Why is it a widow in this life, and in the previous life, he despised his husband. Why are slaves and maids in this life, ungrateful in the previous life? In this life, the eyes know why, and in the previous life, he lit the Buddha's lamp. The reason for being blind in this life, the way in the previous life is not clear. What is the reason for the gap in this life, blowing out the Buddha's headlamp in the previous life. Why is he deaf and dumb in this life, he scolded his parents viciously in his previous life. Why is the hunchback in this life, and the shame of worshipping the Buddha in the previous life. What is the reason for the clumsy hand in this life, and the evil that harmed others in the previous life. Why is it lame in this life, blocking the road and robbing people in the previous life. Why do cattle and horses in this life not repay their debts in their previous lives? Why are pigs and dogs because of today, they were all deceived in their previous lives. What is the cause of many diseases in this life, killing people in previous lives. There is no cause of disease in this life, and medicine is used to save the sick in the previous life. Why is the prison in this life because he did evil and harmed others in his previous life? What is the reason for starving to death in this life, the previous life ruined the grain people. Why is the poison dead, the medicine in the past life poisoned sentient beings. Why is it lonely and miserable, disgusting in the previous life. Why do the family members laugh, in the previous life to help the lonely. What is the reason for madness in this life, the first monk in the previous life. Why was he hanged in this life, he was robbed in the mountains and forests in his previous life. Widows and loneliness are the reasons for being ruthless and jealous in their previous lives. Why is the cause of thunder and fire, and it is unfair to have a big scale and a small bucket. Why is the snake biting tiger injury, the enemy in the previous life. All kinds of self-inflicted and self-inflicted, hell suffers and blames anyone. No one can see Mo Dao's cause and effect, and his children and grandchildren are close to him. I don't believe in eating and fasting and accumulating more, but look at the blessed people in front of you. In the past life, he cultivated goodness and enjoyed happiness now, and in this life he sank after doing evil. Some people slander the Sutra of Cause and Effect, and the Hereafter will fall and lose their lives. Some people receive the Sutra of Cause and Effect, and the gods and bodhisattvas testify to it. Some people write the Book of Cause and Effect, and generations of children and grandchildren are prosperous. Some people carry the Sutra of Cause and Effect, and the calamity does not come. Some people talk about the Sutra of Cause and Effect, and you will be wise in all lifetimes. Some people chant the Sutra of Cause and Effect, and they will be honored in the next life. Some people print the Cause and Effect Sutra, and wealth and glory report the next life. Some people bow to the Sutra of Cause and Effect, and everything is satisfied. Some people believe in the Sutra of Cause and Effect, and they are born with the Western Blissful Man. The cause and effect of the three worlds are inexhaustible, and the sky does not lose kind-hearted people. The public sent a wide range of persuasions and printed this passage to the auspicious star. One person passes on ten to hundred, and knows the cause and effect to be a good person"
After the Buddha finished speaking, everyone still chanted Nan Wu Amitabha Buddha, but that year they still felt in the clouds, as if it was more difficult to understand than the son of the old Master Confucius, and couldn't help asking: "May I ask the Buddha, they all say that you have a strong mana, but you know five thousand years before, and five thousand years later, can you tell me about my ins and outs?" ”